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Tiny House Village to Shelter the Homeless in Texas
The project, which is set to break ground next year, will include places for residents to live, garden, worship and work.
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A Year Later, Feds Inch Forward on Fair Housing
There have been several significant developments in fair housing. Here's what's happened.
The Empire Strikes Back: How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme – Again
Wall Street has devised a new way to profit off the housing market - and this time it has nothing to do with risky mortgages.
Bill de Blasio: Mayor of Two Cities
While income inequality was a central theme of Bill de Blasio's mayoral campaign, what specific ideas, programs and policies does he have, and what can New York City's mayor …
Can a 1-Percenter Save Troubled Mortgages?
Maybe. But the idea of using government power to
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One Million K-12 Students Are Homeless
The Department of Education released its latest report on homeless students last month and the numbers are startling.
Laura Gottesdiener: On Housing and Fighting Back Against Dreams Delayed
Stores like Walmart, Costco and Home Depot are providing financial products like mortgages and various loans.
JP Morgan Pays $13 Billion in Historic Settlement
Taxpayers might be on the hook for 35 percent of JP Morgan's settlement cost.
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Witnessing the Projects: Audrey Petty’s “High Rise Stories“
In “High Rise Stories,” editor Audrey Petty has put a human face on public housing, offering front-line histories that address the institutional roadblocks and self-sabotage that all too often …
Fair Housing Groups Ask Court to Deny Banks’ Effort to Stop Richmond’s Mortgage Rescue Plan
The brief argues that the actions the securitization industry has threatened to take to block the program, known as Richmond CARES, would amount to illegal redlining and would violate …